Zakiyyah and Cooper visit the Black Urban Growers (BUGS) Conference and chat with a few notable guests:

Zelmi Zoka - Farmer and Land Steward

Zelmi Zoka hails from Detroit, MI, and spends his time growing and healing.

David Bolinda - Immigrant Activist and Entrepreneur

David Bolinda is a Kenyan native who now lives in the states. He works on reconnecting African immigrants with their culture through urban farming.

Rashid Nuri - Founder of Truly Living Well Center
Website: https://www.trulylivingwell.com/

Rashid Nuri is a prolific urban agriculturist, scholar, farmer, and community developer of over 40 years. He is the founder of Truly Living Well Center in Atlanta, and the author of Growing Out Loud - an autobiography about his decades of experience farmer, community organizer, and international travels as a member of the US Department of Agriculture. It is tutorial through reflection offering Nuri’s life lessons as insight for future agricultural activists.

Music: 

Lessazo “Soleil D’Hiver” – Music: http://altermusique.org/Lessazo/
Man Ray Suite – Music: http://www.philajazzproject.org/data/uploads/01%20Man%20Ray%20Suite%20Mixtape.mp3

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